and i say is asia here i'm coming to get asia. oh, who is... got into it and i thought you was for them. first of all you ain't know who i was. i don't care what happened next door. for him to come off and then i got something for you. he comes out first with a can of gasoline and a lighter. now mind you i have my kids in the car so i did not come too far drama >> no, itas not gasoline it was lighter fluid. >> same thing! >> kirk: what were you going to do with it >> gasoline. lighter fluid. >> it don't matter it would light the... car with gasoline >> kirk: whatever it was -- >> oh, i got my girl in the girl like ain't nobody else got no girl >> yes, i did. [all talking at once] >> because he came -- i have to protect my kids. so regardless of what goes on i did not come over for that >> kirk: you were going to burn her? >> she going to shoot me what am i going to do stand there and get shot? >> when i came there and n my mind frame -- >> kirk: you grab what you can find, quick. don't go anywhere. because rico's loyalty is not the only thing o

northern asia, japan, warm weather in place. we have a storm system coming in from northeast china, bringing in rain showers there. that will push across the korean peninsula into much of the sea of japan coastline, tohoku region, you could vel coury wel rainfall into friday. a lot of warm air surging in from the south. temperatures will be getting into the high 20s. tokyo actually expecting about 29 for the high here on friday. but behind it, you can see what's coming in. seoul, just a high of 20. all that air is going to be transporting out towards the east. tokyo will be dropping down into the low 20s. lows into the lower portions of the teens by the end of the weekend. here in the americas, we have a nor'easter spinning off the northeastern coastline. the highs here in new york city, washington, d.c., actually into the mid-teens. that's dragging cooler air into canada. messy situation there. high pressure dominating the central portion of the u.s. higher elevations could be seeing about 40 centimeters of snowfall in the rock

in indonesia and east asia summit in brunei. china is working to take full advantage of both occasions. its top two leaders are gearing up diplomatic activities with asean members. chinese premier will visit brunei, thailand and vietnam from wednesday through october 15th. president xi jinping visited beijing earlier this week before his trip to malaysia. japanese prime minister shinzo abe chose southeast asia as his first overseas destination after taking office last december, a sign of his intention to strengthen ties with asean. this year, he's visited vietnam, thailand, and indonesia in january. myanmar in may and malaysia, singapore and the philippines in july. next week, abe will visit indonesia again for apec. as well as brunei for the asean meetings. he's also scheduled to visit cambodia and laos by the end of december, which means abe would have visited every asean member country in the course of this year. u.s. president barack obama has suffered a setback on the diplomatic front. a consequence of the partial shutdown

where the american government shutdown now threatening the president's focus on asia. never allowed a good crisis go to waste china turns to europe for investment opportunities snapping up companies all over the continent and. the swiss army simulates a war against a debt stricken french government that send troops to recover stolen gold. a.t.m. in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie welcome to the program a key annual summit of asia pacific leaders in bali has and its second and final day boosting trade and business cooperation between the twenty first member twenty one member economies is the main focus of the gathering but it has not been short of political overtones as well the absence of president obama due to the u.s. government shutdown was repeatedly noted as other countries to center stage at a forum are reports from indonesia. well the twenty one nations that make up a package count for more than fifty percent of the world's g.d.p. on an annual basis so it's clear that what is agreed here is of huge significance especially when you consi

where the american government shutdown now threatening the president's focus on asia. never a lot of good crisis go to waste china turns to europe for investment opportunities snapping up companies all over the continent. and the swiss army simulates a war against a debt stricken french government that's sound troops to recover stolen gold. nine am in moscow you're watching r t with memory natasha welcome to the program first in syria chemical disarmament may be making progress but there's still no solution in sight to another severe crisis the conflict has created that of the refugees the u.n. estimates that four million more syrians will be forced out of their homes and more than eight million will be in need of aid to discuss the situation and possible ways out i'm now joined live by the president of the international committee of the red cross peter moore. thanks much mr moore for joining us here on r t to talk about the situation well you went to syria last year were civilians are coping amidst a bloody conflict i'm interested to know how they are living there in

central asia south asia southeast asia you name it that's all and this is not going to stop and james clapper kiesel that. they already said many times it's going to go along just like before and they will always come back to the gift that keeps on giving nine eleven own last we're going to have perhaps another nine eleven provoked by saudi arabians by the way so why not the n.s.a. doing the connection between. intercepting communications in saudi arabia saudi one hobby creatures and the fact that al qaeda is whatever which way you look at it it could be dubbed as a branch of saudi well and directly involved in nine eleven are they making this going to actions forget it. live in london asia times correspondent thank you very much indeed for your thoughts here. thank you well more details on the techniques used by the n.s.a. are being revealed a report in the washington post shows the agency's been harvesting huge amounts of data from google and yahoo by breaking into their communications links this sketch from an internal presentation shows how the n.s.a. intercepts google traffic by

re>> it is second only to china as in east asia. -- china's in east asia.vietnam's energy industry could be a boon for companies. in light of japan's 2011 fukushima nuclear disaster, safety fears remain. investment in clean or render mobile energy like wind and solar has been on the rise in recent years. that trend is starting with steam. $69 billion flowed into the energy sector worldwide, more than double 20 -- 2005 levels. china alone accounted for $65 billion, up 20% from the year before. it now lags behind oil and gas by a mere 25%. that growth has been tapering as of late. they look set for the second annual decline this year after an 11% drop in 2012. that is part because europe is pulling back on subsidies. financial gas has been luring away investment in the u.s.. joining me now with more on global renewable energy is doug ballard, the executive director of the energy fund. thank you for joining us tonight. global investment in clean energy was $45.9 billion in the third quarter of 2013, down 14% on the second quarter of this year. by the looks of

>> hello and welcome to "news week south asia." in this weeks episode -- an attempt to derail talks between india and pakistan. and minorities attacked in pakistan. over 80 killed in a push our -- a pashawar church. days before the scheduled meeting of the indian prime minister with his pakistani counterpart, terrorists carried out a brutal attack in kashmir with an attempt to derail talks between the countries. we have a report of a twin suicide attacks. >> dressed in army uniforms, militants stormed a station. the incident happened three days ahead of a meeting between prime minister's of india and pakistan on the sidelines of the united nations generally just general a simply. the heavily armed militants were believed to be from pakistan, but a lesser-known militant outfit claimed responsibility for the attack. they were killed after a long gunfight with security forces. >> now the oppression is over. >> pakistan-trained terrorists are constantly moving into indian territory to carry out assaults. the people of kashmir decried t

on the asia-pacific issue, bad news and good news. add news, the inability of the president to be present at the meeting was very bad. variousspokesman of the maderies at the time certain they made remarks that was supportive and said they understood completely what the president was not there, and indeed, they did understand completely why the president was not there. it was like abandoning his post in his crisis. he could not do that. nevertheless, that haven't been done, it did raise privately minds, both their on the intentions regarding the pivot and the capability. it raises questions not so much in the northern parts of asia. the notion that american commitments in north asia is anything new is nonsense. when the strongest alliance has the pacific is with japan, and arguably, in the case of strongest the second is the korean. the united states has a sophisticated detailed engagement with the chinese. standing u.s.g involvement. the issue is a southeast asian issue. you got to look to history. thenixon doctrine took united state

a new undersea rail tunnel connecting asia and europe. the challenge, under the waters of the black sea, where it enters the mediterranean. in 2004, the risks of repeated earthquakes as bad as 99 always present -- as bad as 1999 were always present. then there will come a third bridge closer to the black sea and it is hoped that an massive new airport will make the area here a major transport hub between asia and europe. , we are on the opening there. >> system bowl, across europe and asia. for the first time a tunnel will connect the two continents.

the issue is on the east asia summit to be held in brunei next week. indonesia has not had any territorial disagreements with china. xi is apparently trying to enhance ties with the country which has acted as a broker in the disputes. >> myanmar's president is making his first visit to the western state since religious violence erupted there over a year ago. continued fighting with the muslim population is casting a shadow. the president on tuesday arrived in the capital which borders bangladesh. clashes broke out in the state in june 2012 and spread to the other area of myanmar. tensions have been mounting in southern part of the state. in the past few day, bists have torched dozens of muslim homes and surrounded a mofshg in the township. on monday armed police dispersed a crowd around 200 buddhists. >> translator: military and police forces won't be enough to control the situation. these burnings, killings and violence will only end when you take part in maintaining peace yourselv yourselves. >> clashes between buddhists and muslims have displaced 14

he missed the asia pacific economic cooperation forum in bali and the east asia summit in brunei. he also didn't have a chance to meet leaders from nations negotiating the transpacific partnership agreement, even though it is a u.s.-led initiative. tetsuo kotani said the presi gave the impression u.s. power and interest in the asia pacific region is declining. >> if the perception of u.s. decline in this region expands, more countries in this region may have a stronger will to strengthen the relations with china instead of the united states. >> reporter: the congressional deal only offers a temporary solution. the fight only created a wider division in the united states. there will likely be another showdown between the republicans and democrats meaning the united states risks losing more credibility and the world. >>> time to take a look at the market figures. >>> nhk has learned japan's prime minister will not be making ary sit that would have invited criticism from china and south korea. sources close to shinzo abe tell us he will refrain from attending the autumn festival at y

china is asia's biggest economy and thailand is known as the manufacturing hub of southeast asia. they've shared interest in issues such as investment, infrastructure, technology and energy. li expressed china's interest in helping thailand build a high-speed railway system. china has been on a diplomatic offensive in recent weeks. last week president xi jinping visited indonesia and malaysia. china was also active at this week's summit meetings hosted by the association of southeast asian nations in brunei. other countries are making diplomatic pushes of their own. u.s. secretary of state john kerry held talks in malaysia on friday with prime minister najib razak. kerry is representing barack obama after the president canceled his trip to asia because of the u.s. government shutdown, and indian prime minister manmohan singh held talks in indonesia on friday with president susilo bambang yudhoyono. asean's fast emerging markets with a total of 600 million potential consumers make it an attractive target for countries who want to bolster their own economic growth. >>> you think of

he missed the asia-pacific economic cooperation forum in bali, and the east asia summit in brunei. he also didn't have a chance to meet leaders from nations negotiating the transpacific partnership agreement, even though it is a u.s.-led initiative. they say the president gave the impression that interest in the asia-pacific region is declining. >> if the perception of decline in this region expands, more countries in this region may have stronger will to strengthen the relations with china instead of the united states. >> reporter: the congressional deal only offers a temporary solution. in the fight to reach it, they only have to widen the political division in the united states. there will likely be another showdown between democrats and the republicans, meaning the united states risks losing even more credibility abroad. chie yamagishi, nhk world. >>> analysts at ratings agency stnd standard & poor's says they've slashed the gdp growth through the december period. analysts said they cut their growth from an annualized rate of 3%. they said that the government shutdown and the w

>> this was supposed to be the moment when obama cemented his a hist in the -- is asia -- asia pivot. that does not look likely. those who represent america say 's cancellation is a delay and not a dead-end. the united states will be a major player in the reagion. >> china. >> they were here anyways. >> there is time for america to torrent towards a job -- asia. they cannot afford to turn their back. xi says that obama has missed a chance to make a specific dreams pacific dreamss come true. absent asr, obama is an accident. in his absence, does it highlight the chinese wrong -- role? xi has brought his wife and they have been hobnobbing. the trade agreement involves 10 countries in the south east asia area. the transpacific partnership that the united states is negotiating excludes china. obama has a perception problem. here doing the meetings that are needed to deepen economic ties and president obama cannot make it to this region for the third time. his envoys do not deliver the charisma that is needed to make the breakthroughs. trade is difficult. the multilateral system, which wou

. >>> leaders of some asia-pacific nations vow they'll sign a u.s.-led trade pact by the end of the year as china pushes to forge its own agreements in the region. >>> and the head of the u.n. united nations wants to increase the number of inspectors in syria who are working to eliminate the country's chemical weapons arsenal. >>> two scientists who developed a theory 50 years ago about a tiny particle have won the biggest award in their field, the nobel prize in physics. the higgs boson gives mass to all things. its existence was confirmed last year. >> the nobel prize in physics to professor francois anger, and professor peter higgs. >> they predicted the component of the higgs boson. they said the discovery of the particle was confirmed in july of 2012 by research conducted at an underground lab in switzerland. about 6,000 scientists from around the world participated in the project using a huge particle accelerator. the nobel committee said the higgs boson theory is a key element to how our society is constructed. they said without it there would

there's a perception widely held in east asia that the team is not as committed to the rebalance to asiawas the case before and these things with syria and israel and everywhere else has compounded it and the president's own policy on how to deal with the syrian chemical weapons when he was talking tough, preparing to attack and then threw it to congress to decide really sent a worry through the region and now they see congress again dragging this back into the president's office and they wonder how enduring are sfwhep >> can i just -- i agree doug. the other thing is that among asian elites it's no secret that traditionally they favor republicans they do because thinkable they're stable on national security and pro-trade so they have looked historically to what you might call eisenhower republicans as sort of the model of what they see. when they look at the mow test i can american political context they don't worry about our politics and they're worried about it. in addition these trips raise hopes. just to give you an example the last visit of a president to malaysia, one of our top t

he spoke to business leaders at a summit at the asia-pacific economic cooperation forum. representatives of 21 economies are meeting in bali, indonesia, to find ways to facilitate investment and freer trade. >> translator: china is trying to establish a framework for improving business on both sides of the pacific. >> xi said regional prosperity can come only from economies depending on one another. last week he disclosed a plan to establish a regional infrastructure investment bank to fund development projects. and he said he wants chinese trade with asean members to hit $1 trillion by 2020. analysts say chinese leaders are trying to exert greater influence in the region to counter the presence of the united states and japan. >>> u.s. president barack obama decided to stay home from the summit as he deals with the government shutdown. and president xi is taking advantage. he and russian leader vladimir putin agreed to cooperate on global issues and adopt approaches different from those taken by u.s. leaders. russian officials quoted putin as saying russians and chinese h

with the american government shutdown now threatening president focus on asia. never let a good crisis go to waste china turns to europe for investment opportunities snapping up companies all over of us charity hate kannan. and the swiss army simulates our war against a debt stricken french government that send troops to recover stolen gold. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshing. a key and your comic summit of asia pacific leaders now underway in bali has not been short on political overtones the absence of president obama due to the u.s. government shutdown was repeatedly noted as other countries to center stage add to form our reports from indonesia. well the twenty one nations that make up a package count for more than fifty percent of the world's g.d.p. on an annual basis so it's clear that what is agreed here is of huge significance especially when you consider the fragile nature of the global economic recovery and this region has a number of a merge and economies indonesia for example where we are right now is the fifteenth lar

for the americans in the asia. towards the dollar how is it reacting now that the deal has been made is i given them a little bit of confidence to say ok things could go back on track. no we won't because we could have another shutdown in three months from now and then we could have another shut down it's a thousand and fifty people go in because the key problem is very is that it to sixteen trillion dollars and up and up and up their business model is unsustainable in fact foreign creditors like china like japan even like brazil with two hundred fifty billion dollars or so u.s. treasury bonds they are financing the american war machine in fact those drones that you see killing a push to use in the tribal areas the air system we find this by foreign money the united states would have to review his the whole economic financial policy in fact which is still a single capitalism driven by well three there was a crisis in two thousand and eight and the next crisis according to the best independent economists all over th

china expanding ties in southeas southeast asia. >> nhk world in bali. on the sidelines of the apec summit, top officials from countries negotiating the transpacific partnership will be holding a separate meeting on tuesday. they're expected to express their determination to reach an agreement by the end of this year. leaders from the 12 nations are to adopt a statement at the tpp summit. a draft statement shows they will say that significant progress has been made in recent months, in areas that include government procurement, investment and ab lishment of terrorists. they have agreed to move forward in negotiating unresolved issues to achieve the goal of working out the free trade deal by year end. but observers note that the absence of u.s. president barack obama from the summit may slow down the momentum for the negotiations. the president has been pressing for the conclusion of the pac this year. tough negotiations are still continuing over several issues. among them are intellectual property and fair competition between private sector and state-own

the president's next scheduled stop was the east asia summit in brunei. a white house spokesman said obama phoned the leaders of the two host countries to express his regrets. obama had already canceled visits to malaysia and the phillipines. >>> investors around the world are keeping a close eye on the u.s. fiscal issue as the government shutdown continues. labor officials had to postpone the release of the jobs data scheduled on friday due to the suspension of u.s. government services. market participants had been wag for the latest numbers for clues on whether the federal reserve would start to taper its monetary easing measures soon. we asked marisa di natale, an economist at moody's analytics, about the impact the government shutdown is having on the nation's economy, and risks of the nation defaulting on its debt. >> the impact of the government shutdown on the u.s. economy really depends on how long it lasts. so if it only lasts maybe a couple more days, and it's resolved next week, we expect the economic impact to be pretty minimal. so we're talki

"biz asia america" continues right now. >> welcome back to "biz asia america."am michelle mccoury at the nasdaq market site in times square, new york. >> and washington, d.c., item philip en. these are the other top headlines we're watching for you. cyprus needs to concentrate on rebuilding its gutted banking sector. that is according to a group of experts predict they were looking -- of experts. nearby in spain, they are no longer in recession. data released shows the country's economy grew in the third quarter. that and the two-year recession, but unemployment remains a very high. over in japan, regulators say an uncontained fuel plant of the fukushima nuclear plant can now be removed. removing the rods is obviously not easy, and it is a major step in decommissioning that plant. >> facebook crushing wall street earnings expectations today, reporting better-than-expected third-quarter profits and sales. shares rose in the immediate after-hours trading to a new high of more than $56 a share, about 15%, but they since tanked and are down now about zero point -- 0

>> hello and welcome to "news week south asia." in this weeks episode, attacks in bahrain the clips india- pakistan talks. now for all the details. prime ministers of india and pakistan met on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly. the idea was to ease tensions, but the terror incidents and, and attempted infiltration from the pakistani side influenced the talks and brought relations back to square one. the leaders of pakistan and india held their first official meeting in india of last week come a meeting with renewed promises of mutual restraint and kashmir, but little real hope for a fresh start in relations. the prime minister of india and the prime minister of pakistan shook hands for the cameras before their long-anticipated meeting on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly, but despite the smiles, violence back home formed the backdrop to the encounter. >> a series of cross-border artillery exchanges in the kashmir valley over the past two months has led to the death of at least eight soldiers on

he moved to asia from new york with ambitions and some say a starry-eyed notion of helping the lowestelse who lacks access to justice. he calls his organization bridges across borders southeast asia. >> i think that i was ignorant, and this is a good thing. i did not realize the odds i was up against. >> susan has worked with him and she is an associate dean at the drexel law school in philadelphia. >> he is a risk-taker, and very compassionate person. he's an idealist, i think. >> it is untsable that there were skeptics when lasky set out to have access for the mass of southeast asia, and this is a region where poverty is wide spread, and the rule of law is weak and human rights are only starting to get fractions, and lawyers only represent the powerful and the rich. so he has his work cut out for him. >> to begin with, he realized he needed to beef up the human rights education, and teach them that they have an obligation to help the poor. >> some will say that you are west en, and that is a western idea, and we go back to their own ethics and religious teaching, and we go back to b

a new undersea rail tunnel connecting asia and europe.the challenge, under the waters of the black sea, where it enters the mediterranean. in 2004, the risks of repeated earthquakes as bad as 99 always present -- as bad as 1999 were always present. then there will come a third bridge closer to the black sea and it is hoped that an massive new airport will make the area here a major transport hub between asia and europe. , we are on the opening there. >> system bowl, across europe and asia. for the first time a tunnel will connect the two continents. in 2004. began work they dug 60 meters underground. as such the anxious city is never straightforward. they came across archaeological and had tothe era make sure the tunnel could withstand a stronger earthquake. >> the tunnel can withstand a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. there would be major damage to the surface. >> after long delays, the work is finished. the tunnel is part of a new railway line expected to carry more than a million passengers each day. the turkish prime minister has made this

"biz asia america" continues right now. >> "biz asia america welcome back to -- welcome to "biz asia america." >> in washington, d.c., i am phillip yin. these are your top headlines. the pentagon has pumped $5.5 billion into 94 contractors' bank accounts of the day before the u.s. shutdown. it covers everything from robot submarines to the air force academy's new jim. it is a big deal. regulators say an analyst leads research on an apple supplier to sac capital full day early so other people can benefit. south korea's foreign reserves also rose to another record in the month of september. this after it sold $1 billion worth of u.s. bonds. we will have much more on the ipo situation with tracy tandon in new york. >> that's right. twitter has unseal the documents for its planned initial public offering, and the social media company says it hopes to raise up to $1 billion. since twitter was created in 2006, it has actually never turned a profit. but on the brighter side, the company does say that revenue is growing. the big question on everyone's mind that remains unanswered is, where w

south asia has a chance to benefit from the energy rich central asia and west asia. there is a huge potential for interregional trade, transit, and connectivity. pakistan provide central asia with the shortest access to the warm waters of the arabian sea. ladies and gentlemen, contrary to common perception, pakistan- united states relations have stood the test of time. despite the occasional pickups, the solid foundation of this vital relationship has always why should the -- whether the occasional storms and turbulence. as democracy takes loose in pakistan, there is support for building a strong and stable partnership between the two countries. it should be based on mutual interest and mutual respect, as so clearly articulated by president obama in his speech. our country share perceptions and interests on a wide range of issues. these include afghanistan's peace and stability, in south asia in the middle east, as well as extremism and terrorism. moreover, despite the planned drawdown, there will be a continuing need for close cooperation between the two countries,

southeast asia will host two lateral summits next weekend, in east asia and brunei. chinese premier lee guching will visit china and indonesia. meanwhile, japanese prime minister shinzo abe shows southeast asia as his first overseas destination after taking office last december, a sign of his intention to strengthen ties with osean. in january this year, he visited vietnam, thailand and indonesia, then myanmar in may and malaysia, singapore and the phillipines in july. next week abe will return to indonesia for apec as well as brunei for the osean meetings. he's also scheduled to visit cambodia and laos at the end of the year, which means he would have visited every eastern country this year. obama was supposed to visit four countries but will now be represented instead by secretary of state john kerry. >> of course, it would be wonderful to have the president of the united states participate in a forum like apec as we are about to have, but at the same time the nature of u.s. engagement in the region is a continuous, you know, not event-based fact. >> still, it will

it ranked as the top university in asia for the third year. the national university of singapore became second in asia and 26th overall. seoul national university in south korea and peking yuft in 44th and 45th places respectfully. many other asian universities moved higher in the global ranktion. in the globarankings. >> for 70 years, donald king has been in japanese literature. since he first became a book in a new york book shop, king spent his life introducing japanese culture to the world. last month a museum and research center dedicated to his work opened in the prefecture. we have this report. the center in the city is morehan a meumfis life and works. it's also intendeds to a center for studying thfield of japane literature. the main hall holds an exhibit on nine individuals who played pivotal roles in his development and draws visitors through the trajectory of his life and work. visitors can also see his library, which was brought over from new york and reconstructed. to promote this study of japanese literature he donated 2,500 boo

now you have the president promising to go to for countries in asia and not going. >> it's not just asia. it is europe. the president has had to cancel those trade talks. >> i think it is part of the same story. no one wants to negotiate with the president if that means making painful concessions. you will not go through that political pain to make a concession to the president will go back to washington and have the deal on that. it is the same with iran, by the way. they want to have a negotiation, a deal with iran, which would persuade the iranians to back off the nuclear program, but why would the iranians do that if they know the sanctions being relaxed, which would be the quit which would be relaxed which would be the quid pro quo might not be relaxed? americanes this affect credibility? >> credibility is being lost every day it is extended. it is not a cliff effect. it is a sliding slope. in economic terms, i think it is a bit of a slope to read what is going to happen, every week this caps on will cost more to growth. probably .2% off the annual growth rate in the fourth quarter

now you have the president promising to go to for countries in asia and not going. >> it's not just asia. it is europe. the president has had to cancel those trade talks. >> i think it is part of the same story. no one wants to negotiate with the president if that means making painful concessions. you will not go through that political pain to make a concession to the president will go back to washington and have the deal on that. it is the same with iran, by the way. they want to have a negotiation, a deal with iran, which would persuade the iranians to back off the nuclear program, but why would the iranians do that if they know the sanctions being relaxed, which would be the quit which would be relaxed which would be the quid pro quo might not be relaxed? americanes this affect credibility? >> credibility is being lost every day it is extended. it is not a cliff effect. it is a sliding slope. in economic terms, i think it is a bit of a slope to read what is going to happen, every week this caps on will cost more to growth. probably .2% off the annual growth rate in the fourth quarter

>> hello and welcome to "news week south asia." in this weeks episode, polio vaccination camp attacked by taliban militants. and pakistan-backed militants infiltrate india, battling for fifth teen days. in an attempt to derail an anti- polio campaign, a polio vaccination camp as once again been targeted by taliban militants. resistance has been strongest in the northwestern tribal areas where the issue has become particularly politicized. >> two people were killed and up to 20 more injured after taliban militants used a bomb to target a team delivering polio vaccination drugs to children. in the latest of a series of assaults on volunteers, nurses, and police officers involved in efforts to confront the country 's polio problem, the bomb was set off outside the health clinic on the outskirts of the city of peshawar. a police officer and a member of a local anti-taliban group were killed. the taliban have repeatedly attacked vaccination workers, claiming the program is a cia plot to sterilize muslims. the shower has been -- peshawar

two concerns having worked in the middle east central asia and south asia i've seen public opinion turn against america because of our military endeavors in the country and secondly i real concerns with the authorization to use military force from two thousand and one to let the president kill anyone anywhere any time so all right is it really concerns that we need truly heated debate i appreciate i agree with both of you many thanks to my guests in washington and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember. you know the only. reason. one hundred days remaining. days are fly. most of the missions that soldiers are sent to. prevention are in many ways targeting the civilians that have nothing to do. with the actual attacks against israeli targets. sixteen percent of imports came from illegal fishing. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. territorial waters they fish they load the fish into the ships and leave for.

>> hello and welcome to "news week south asia." in this week's episode -- an archaeological survey conformed with archaeological research. digging for tons of gold begins in northern india. and militants setting a base in the u.k. the geological survey of india conducted a preliminary investigation and found traces of metal under the soil according to the investigation. they found identical magnetic waves being found in most parts of the area, except for 10 to 20 meters wide and five to 20 meters deep area. it was found that the magnetic field in this area was not uniform, revealing the presence of gold, silver, or some other alloy. interestingly, the suckled reserves and nearby areas, and the search for gold -- the dig for gold has already begun. >> and a bizarre exercise, archaeologist began digging for the treasure, 1000 tons of gold, supposed to be there it under the ruins of a 19th century fort on the basis of a seer posturing. watched by hundreds of onlookers, the excavation work was being carried out amid tight security at t

military and diplomatic presence in east asia. we are very much a pacific nation and our interests have always been grounded very heavily in east asia and in particular given the economic development our economy is tied irrevocably to china and other economies from the region. so the rebound game for the reemphasized the united states in east asia is as much about our diplomatic, economic and political reemphasized us would ever be about the military emphasis. and it's not about containment. it can be read that way. it's not about containment. i would say a couple of other things. we have sought to bring china into our military relationships out there as well. the more we get to know each other in this bilateral or multilateral exercises, the more confident china is that this isn't about there being targeted. i think it is also important that china has learned some hard lessons of late come in particular being overly must or perhaps in it's pushing against its territorial -- territorial claims is the right word, the claims against

and asia. the u.s. is trying to promote trade and investment in southeast asia. the region has an increasing level of economic howard and a population of over --economic power and a population of over 600,000. brunei, wherep is he will again deliver president obama at a summit of southeast asian leaders. >> well, coming up, we'll have a preview of what is being called toxins fighting match of the year. first,-- what is being called toxins fighting match of the year. boxing's fighting match of the year. greenpeace supporters in hong kong have called for the release of prisoners in russia. similar protests are scheduled around the world. piracy charges for attempting to board a russian drilling program in the arctic. vietnam is morning general giap. the legendary leader and his guerrilla army helped achieve independence and were instrumental in ending colonialism worldwide. under his leadership, the enemy's troops defeated first the french in 1954, and then two decades later, the americans. both were forced to leave the country. giap was 102 years old. u.s. gulf co

we have five treaty allies in east asia. and the rhetoric that we use, the relationships we seek to improve, the deployment of our forces to the region can sometimes be depicted or cast as our attempt to contain china and the reality upon examination or analysis that's not, in fact, the case. our military presence in east asia for a generation, you said seven decades since the, during the cold war and since, facilitated china's rise. it was very good for china. the stability that exists as a result of the u.s. military and diplomatic presence in east asia. we are very much a pacific nation. and our interests have always been grounded very heavily in east asia and in particular given the economic development of east asia, our economy is tieder revocably to china and the other economies in the region. so the rebalancing or the reemphasis by the united states in east asia is as much about our diplomatic, economic and political reemphasis as it would ever be about the military reemphasis, and it's not about containment. it can b